Press Release--Evening with the Author

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: David Zwicker, 415-309-5036, davidrzwicker@yahoo.com

Sometimes it takes more than one lifetime.

Pinole, California –Local author Margaret Murray will read from her new book, Sundagger.net, on Wednesday, July 22, 2009, at the Pinole Public Library, 2935 Pinole Valley Road, from 6:30—7:30PM. There will be Indian drumming and a slideshow of the ruins of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. Snacks will be served and the admission is free.

“In her Sundagger.net, Margaret Murray gives us a mystery novel in a new dimension moving us from Post 9/11 Silicon Valley to the Ancient Anasazi of the Southwest,” wrote famed mystery writer, Tony Hillerman.

A story of one family, two worlds and many lifetimes, Sundagger.net is independently published by WriteWords Press, which Murray started two years ago. “For me, the journey to the magical world of books began in a library and now I have the chance to read my own work there,” Murray states. The sun dagger refers to an actual occurrence where a ray of light appears during solstices and equinoxes at the top of a butte in Chaco Canyon, piercing a spiral carved in stones centuries ago. “Clearly it had spiritual and religious meaning for the Native Americans,” explains Murray. “It also refers to the technology that powers the internet and drives the telecom industry of Silicon Valley—which leads to a theme of my book—Sometimes It Takes More Than One Lifetime.”

Margaret Murray was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Carnegie-Mellon University and Hunter College. She attended the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center on an American Federation of the Arts fellowship and the Squaw Valley Screenwriters Conference on a National Endowment for the Arts grant. A technical writer and teacher, she has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for many years and in Pinole for the last eight.

photo by shelley buck

For more information: Phone the library: (510) 759-2741.
On the web: www.sundagger.net

Another FREE Event--Pinole Public Library, 7/22/09

Where? Pinole Public Library, 2935 Pinole Valley Rd.
When? Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009, 6:30 - 7:30PM

Who knows where Pinole is?
From Berkeley, CA, take Highway 80 E, ten miles north.

I'll be at the Pinole Library reading from my novel, Sundagger.net, a story of magical realism about the ancient Anasazi and post-9/11 Silicon Valley. One family, two worlds, many lifetimes. There will be Indian drumming, a slide show of Chaco Canyon ruins in New Mexico where my old story takes place, and snacks! You'll have the opportunity to ask questions and buy my book.

Directions from Berkeley: Take I-80 E. (10.1 miles)
Take the Pinole Valley Rd exit
Turn right at Pinole Valley Rd (.3 miles)
The library is on your right:
2935 Pinole Valley Rd
Pinole, CA 94564